Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970 · 90 min · EN · 6.1 (51 votes)
Dir. Bud Yorkin · Starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti · Music John Addison

“Gene Wilder... wilder than ever!”

ComedyHistory

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.

VIBE

A whirlwind of mistaken identities and aristocratic absurdity set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. Expect broad humor, rapid-fire gags, and a delightful sense of chaos as twins grapple with destiny and destiny grapples with them.

hilariouschaoticlightheartedabsurdistfreneticslapstick comedyperiod piecefarcebawdy humoridentityclassmistaken identityrevolution
french revolutiontwinscomedy of errors